However, speaking at a press conference later the chancellor said she was “working with the hospitality sector”.

Treasury officials told the BBC that a package to specifically help pubs would be announced “in the coming days” but also declined to rule out additional relief for the wider sector.

Opposition MPs and industry bodies have been pressing for any additional help to be extended to other businesses in the sector including hotels and restaurants.

Speaking to the BBC, Rachel Reeves said: “As that transitional relief comes to an end, although we’ve put in £4.3bn over the next three years, we need to make sure that we do that in a balanced way that particularly supports our pubs and the hospitality sector.”

The £4.3bn figure refers to the value of caps placed on rate rises in the next three years to smooth out increases that will eventually see rates bills for pubs rise 76% in three years, while hotels face rises of 115% over the same period.

Kate Nicholls from the trade body Hospitality UK said she was encouraged that the door appeared to be open for non-pub businesses also facing steep rises in business rates.

“It’s good to see recognition of wider hospitality and that she is talking about support beyond pubs,” she said.